NRNP 6540 Week 1 Knowledge Check_ Immunizations

1. Question:Name the most common allergic response to the !u vaccine, 2. Question:What are the most current recommendations for vaccination of patients near the end of life, including hospice patients? 3. Question:What is the maximum number of doses of PPSV23 that can be given to high-risk older adults 65 or older? 4. Question:Which influenza vaccine is recommended for the older adult? 5. Question:You have an 89-year-old patient on hospice care in a long-term care facility. The protocol is for flu vaccine to be given to all patients each fall. Would you vaccinate? Why, or why not? 6. Question:Describe the recommended schedule for Hepatitis B vaccination in patients on hemodialysis, peritoneal, and home dialysis. 7. Question:Please list which immunizations you would give to your 65-year-old patient with HIV infection and a CD4 count of 200/mm or greater. 8. Question:When counseling your older patients about vaccinations before traveling overseas, what vaccine (according to CDC guidelines) would you caution them about receiving? 9. Question:You are caring for older adults in a nursing home. As a general rule, patients over 65 years of age and in general good health can receive which immunizations? 10. Question:E. D. is a 78-year-old woman who does not remember if she has ever had the immunization for herpes zoster. She does remember having chicken pox as a child. What would you recommend for her?